The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-05

the Nation. The erection Of the Nation
INTO Territory by the United States
would follow, and no doubt MIR. David
bushyhead has Visions Of being, some time
IN tne future, a delegate to Congress.
ne N abie, ambitious and moder-
ateiy rich, The opening Of the Ter
rtory would give him an opportu-
nity OF increasing his wealth. He has
charming wife, WHO'S also ambitious,
and who has had taste of Washington
ne already. She is a niece OF Senator But
Ter, OF south Carolina. Under these cir
cuhis'anccs there is well grounded belief
mere, that while Bushyhead may deplore
the turn events have taken in public, in
secret he ~ hoping that convulsion may
chsne mat VIII smash the tribal relation OF
the Cherokoes, break up the system of
holding land in common, and convert the
Cherokee principality into n territory Of
the United States.' Hence. Bushyhead is
supporting Rabbit Bunch for chief. Per
maps there is more than one reason for
inns. III common report here has any fOun-
daton in TACT, Bushyhcad is not anxious
mat ms political opponents hould have an
opportunity 10 ''look at the books" There
IL little mattcr Of $25, 900 that mystcri-
ously disappeared q couple Of years ago,
and Mr. Bushyhcad WINS TIM last person in
whose company II was seen. The Down
lngs made good dead of morse about that
during the campaign, and Il is believed
that liz ventilation had macb TO do with
the success OF Maycs ut the polls. But what
ever may bo the causes, whatever may b.
the motives OF the leaders, there il no
doubt that tircpublic mind Of the Cher
okee nation il badly agilated just at pres
ent. row Is expected, and there Is a
general belief that IL cannot be ayerted.
The ".-- l.-.
PEOPLE ARE ALL ARMED,
and ammunition has been quietly dis
uibuted during the past week. Two-thrds
OF the peoRln OF the Nation will be In
Tahlequah next Monday, and il the
national counsel counts in Rabbit Bunch
TO the chieitaincy the Downing people
will immediately commence hostilitics. II
war ensues II Will be.a bloody one. IL
will be carriud on IN thu, Indian -fashion in
all likelihood, though tho participants will
be largely white men. Bushyhcad has
everything IN readiness 10 turn over the
chicftaincy' to- Bunch, and consequently
the Nationals will I've apt to have the law
ON their side and the Downings will be
dubbed rebels. Rabbit bunch il ignorant
and INSCRIPTIONS. lie is as near being
Cherokee with all the native instincts rs
any man in The Nation. lie served in the
Union army during tho war, and has al
ways been n politician. Joseph Bryant
Mayes thu Downing leader, was u major
in the Confederate army. lie has a
splendid plantation about thirty miles
from Tahlcquah, and Was chief Justice Of
the supreme court Of the Nation for ten
years.
The National and Downing parties were
organized in 1884 When the Confederate
Chorokecs returned home after thr war the
unionis,s attempted TO dsimnchisc them.
Lewis Downing. who was a colonel in the
Union service, opposed the disiranchsc-
ment scheme aud pat himself nj the head
of the Confederate element. lie run for
chief, and was supported by all the OK
Conrdcratrs aud by members OF his own
Union r'ginmnf. lie was elected. aud his
party was called the Downing party Those
who opposed him called themselves ma
tionals. When Downing's term ~ chief
expired the Nationals wcrr Hucccs-ful, and
they have b0en successful at every election |
iof chici since except the last one. Mayes
Is the fnst eS.Coufcdemie elected 10 the
lilo is about ffiy-fvc ycars
I'D, and has the reputation Of being the
Iblcst man in the Nation. lie IL in favor
Il an appeal 10 arms in casc Bunch IL
'ounled In. Couricrs have been riding
through the Nation for the part two weeks
giving ia. word TO the Downings, and,
rom all accouDis, they. viii be In Table
laah In force Monday.
Tho killing al Stone BY Boudinot, the
editor OF the Cherokee Advocate, has en-.
aged the D0wnings. Boddinot is an
OFFICER 90 TnE NATION,
nd since the killing Of Stone no effort has
,cen made 10 arrest him, though IL IL an
pen Gcn,t that Hushyhead knows where
10 IL and IL Ia constant Communication
Nth him. The Chectukec Advocate, Il
ihould bc Remembered, alphabetically the |
Cherokee government, aud la editor Il M. |
pointed by the national council, with the |
advice aud consent OF the principal chief. |
Bpudmot Is graduate Of the University |
ot Michigan, and n warm partisan Of Rab- |
bit Bunch. Bushyhcad Va ccnsurcd bc, |
cause lac has not removed nondinot from |
the cditon.hip Of the Advocate since the
killing ui sSono.f .. s#s.I t....
The national council meets NJ ~ o'clock
next Monday, niii, after Organizing, will
proceed 10 canvass the vote ior principal
chief The partisans of both Mayrs and
Bunch Will he prs-ni ia iorec, and II bunch
is declared cl,.c,,d the puwninls will at.
tempt 90 capture tho capital and arrest
lunch. Oi course this Will start tho row.
When or how u will end, oi coun-c,
noboly knoNA II u especial that tho
United Siatsa government win have to take
u hand aud stop the fight Tlrhesi IL formed
people hero ARE inclined 60 think that the
contest will result in Destroying existing
conditions hero, and that tho allotment ~
the Chcroknc lands will he the ilrst rrsult.
II IL generally believed that tho cattle syn.
dictate now having lease Of the Cherokee
strip suggested the ballol-box sluilng idea
10 Bushyhcad and Bunch: aud that the
syndicate " responsible lot tbs entire mis-.
..la.t